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Our latest product is a low-price laptop
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specially designed for young children to learn from.
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1. The small keyboard 2. makes it easy for them to use.
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3. Once the laptop 4. is switched on, 5. the fun starts.
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6. There are over 7. twenty games
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8. to make 9. the learning process 10. fun and easy.
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11. This is a new 12. portable computer
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13. with a simple design
GRAMMAR BASICS – ANSWER KEY
Task One: Computers for children
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14. and none of our competitors 15. have it on offer.
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16. We are launching it on the market in August,
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17. just before 18. the start of the new school year.
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19. It will be sold by toy retailers 20. across the country.
How to mark your dictation:
There are 20 points for the dictation. (N.B. Punctuation, eg. capitals, commas, full stops, are not marked).Example:
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16. We are launching it on the market in August,
You must spell all these words correctly to get ONE POINT.
It is not important if you get these words wrong.
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Question Your Answer
A B C D
Example X
1 X
2 X
3 X
4 X
5 XA B C D
GRAMMAR BASICS – ANSWER KEY
Task Two: Home office
Question Your Answer
A B C D
6 X
7 X
8 X
9 X
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into be
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each to
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from and
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as with
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the like
Task Three: The story of the euro